1. Integrating and Extending Oracle Content Management
  2. Enabling Oracle Content Management Integrations
  3. Integrate with Other Oracle Applications and Services
  4. Integrate with Oracle Visual Builder
  5. Provide a VBCS Endpoint As a URL for Select Menus

Provide a VBCS Endpoint As a URL for Select Menus

A content administrator can provide a Visual Builder Cloud Service (VBCS) endpoint as a URL to get values for select menus.

Instead of typing values for a select menu, users can enter a VBCS URL to get the values for the select menu in the Site Builder dialog. The content administrator can configure what attributes to use for option text and values in a REST response, using a public or secure VBCS URL.

Users can populate VBCS select menus in content item forms based on the URL configuration. When defining a content type and fields for the content type, the content administrator has the option to select a single-value menu that uses a Visual Builder endpoint.

The data for a content item is pooled by the Visual Builder URL. A business object, such as Company, can be defined by many fields in VBCS.

To create a content type with a VBCS endpoint as a URL for select menus:

  1. Sign in as a content administrator in your browser and click Assets under Administration in the left navigation menu.

  2. Choose Content Types from the drop-down menu and click Create.

  3. Enter VBCS as the name of your content type.

  4. Under Content Type Definition for the VBCS content type, click Edit to edit the settings.

  5. In the Text Settings dialog, click Appearance.

  6. Under Appearance of data field, choose Single-select menu (Visual Builder endpoint).

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  7. In the Visual Builder endpoint URL field, enter a valid endpoint that is defined in VBCS.

  8. For Endpoint security, select the check box if the Visual Builder endpoint requires an authenticated user. If the check box is not selected, anonymous users can use the VBCS endpoint.

  9. Enter values for the REST field to use as label and REST Field to use as value fields, such as companyName and email.

  10. Click Test Configuration to test the settings. If the configuration is correct, a "Test successful" message appears.

  11. Save your changes and click OK.

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In the Create Content Item dialog, the UI for a VBCS content type looks identical to a single-select box for static data, except the data for the content item is dynamically pooled from the VBCS side with a run search. The value of REST field to use as a value, such as email, gets stored in the Oracle Content Management database.